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I wonder why most, if not all people seem to think that Asians are good at/like Maths. I am Chinese, and I can tell you I hate Maths with all my heart and soul, and so do my other friends. Where does this belief/perception originate from?

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A politically ignorant person who embraces only hedonism as the main philosophical doctrine.

Well it's known by a lot of people that education is considered a very important thing in Asian cultures, so there has been the long-time stereotype that Asians are all geniuses at everything.

If anyone here lives in America or Canada, if you tried explaining to a high school student that had zero knowledge of a Japanese school curriculum, from the fact they go 6 out of 7 days (instead of 5) of the week and only have 1 full month for summer vacation (instead of 2), the student would probably get the easy impression of Asians being workaholics.

Heck I told my sister about it once and she didn't believe me their school year ended in March and started in April.